Name of project: MerkReal names: Mark PerkinsAge (of project): I’m 22, Merk is a week old tomorrow (Friday)Hometown: TaurangaAssociated acts: Tom Lark, FazerdazeMusical guilty pleasure: Gwen Stefani but hardly cause I don’t feel guilty heheFormative musical experience: I was in bands through high school and a song I wrote won the Play it Strange competition run by Mike Chunn. If it wasn’t for this I probably wouldn’t of had the confidence to pursue music. When I left school ,Tom Lark asked if I wanted to be in his band - so I learnt to play keys so I could travel some of the world with his band. Then I continued to do session work for other bands until I was asked to apply for an internship at Roundhead. That’s where I learnt to record, so upon leaving I put all that to practice on my own album!